Amanda designs professional development workshops for classroom teachers, dance teachers, and parents

Workshops available in person or online

Topics include:

• Alexander Technique
• BrainDance
• Brain Compatible Lesson Planning and Presenting
• Zoom Fatigue
• Reducing Performance Anxiety
• Our Amazing Body: Making Anatomy Fun
• Why don’t my students sit up straight? Chairs and Student Performance
• Movement Strategies to Support Focus in the Classroom
• Stress Busters:  How You Move Can Change Your Mood
• Take Care of your Back While You Take Care of Your Students
• Alexander Technique and Dance for People Living with Parkinson’s

BrainDance Workshops for Teachers

A dynamic, on your feet workshop in which teachers will learn what the BrainDance is, why it is important, and how to incorporate it into your classroom to support all your other teaching. You will learn BrainDance variations for all ages and populations and will practice teaching each other so you are comfortable and ready to apply the work in your own classroom.

Alexander Technique Workshops designed for:

Stress & Anxiety, Zoom Fatigue, Student Focus, Musicians, Actors, Dancers, Athletes

Learn about the principles of the Alexander Technique and how to apply them in your life. This workshop can include both a group interactive workshop and individual private lessons.

Recent Workshops:

• Using Brain Compatible Teaching Practices for Group Classes and Presentations
  • American Society for the Alexander Technique Conference
• Alexander Technique for Dance Teachers
  • Summer Dance Institute for Teachers, Creative Dance Center, Seattle, WA
• Teaching Boundaries through Creative Dance
  • National Dance Education Organization Conference
• Teaching Dance to People living with Parkinson’s
  • Bay Area Parkinson’s Support Group, WI
• Alexander Technique for Musicians and Music Teachers
  • Crescendo Academy of Music, Kalamazoo, MI
• Three teacher and one student workshop on BrainDance, Brain Compatible Lesson Planning, and Anatomy Made Fun
  • Near North Montessori School, Chicago, IL
• Alexander Technique for Dance Teachers
  • New Trier High School Dance Department, Winnetka, IL
• 3 master classes: Alexander Technique, Creating Physical Character, Fosse
  • Taylorsville High School, UT
• BrainDance for Kindergarten Teachers
  • Ogilvie Elementary School, CPS, Chicago, IL
• BrainDance for Pre-school Teachers
  • Willow Wood Pre-School, Winnetka, IL
• BrainDance for Performing Artists
  • Roosevelt University College of Performing Arts, Chicago, IL
• How You Move Can Change Your Mood
  • Hip Circle Studio, Evanston, IL